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Iowa’s municipal utilities utilize strategic partnerships to make a significant contribution to community vitality and sustainable economies throughout the state. Iowa Area Development Group (IADG) annually recognizes their electric utility sponsors for outstanding commitment, contribution, and participation in business development projects and local community initiatives.

Spencer Municipal Utilities is currently in the engineering and planning phase of an estimated $14 million, 2 ½ year project to update our water plant facility beginning as early as late summer or early fall.

Spencer Municipal Utilities is set to begin an estimated $2 million project to expand providing fiber to the home communication services beginning in the summer of 2013. Fiber to the home is the delivery of a communications signal over optical fiber from SMU’s switching equipment all the way to the service address.

Spencer Municipal Utilities is planning a communication outage for customers in Fostoria with Cable, Internet and Phone beginning at Midnight on Monday, March 25th for approximately 2-3 hours.

The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed. The report provides details of drinking water testing conducted during the calendar year 2011. SMU regularly tests over 80 drinking water contaminants, and the 2011 data again shows no violations of EPA rules for water quality.

Spencer Municipal Utilities was forced to use an emergency water supply discharge to Stolley Pond for a plant upset for approximately three hours May 18th causing a small amount of lime to be discharged. SMU worked closely with Iowa DNR personnel to verify that the impacts were minimized and no apparent damage to aquatic life occurred.

Sunday will mark the 15 year anniversary of Spencer’s entry into the municipal communications business. On May 6, 1997, voters in Spencer approved a referendum to establish a municipal communications utility to be owned and operated on behalf of citizens by Spencer Municipal Utilities.

Iowa’s municipal utilities utilize strategic partnerships to make a significant contribution to community vitality and sustainable economies throughout the state. Iowa Area Development Group (IADG) annually recognizes their electric utility partners for outstanding commitment, contribution, and participation in business development projects and local community initiatives.

The latest edition of Spencer Municipal Utilities’ annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality has been prepared and is being distributed. The report provides details of drinking water testing conducted during the calendar year 2010. SMU regularly test over 80 drinking water contaminants, and the 2010 data again shows no violations of EPA rules for water quality.